---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to the restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "SB 2325"
citation: "North Dakota SB 2325 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judy Lee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e531eb35-9966-46dd-a4b3-feadac7f94a6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "10e645f93b0ce197ef2f6b3ec2fe0e9f8b6f01dd7d4c138b3aafdd7def5251db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota SB 2325 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for application.

Relating to the restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide for application.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1036-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1036-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1036-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2325 — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on SB 2325 — **49–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Judy Lee — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Jim P. Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Amendment adopted
- **2023-01-25** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Received from Senate
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:46
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 23 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 49 nays 39 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-05** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e531eb35-9966-46dd-a4b3-feadac7f94a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).